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initial break-up boundary between Greenland and Norway, along which seafloor spreading was initiated at the beginning of the Eocene epoch to form the northernSheeted dyke complex (1,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
continuous process that promotes the phenomenon known as seafloor spreading. Seafloor spreading is the creation of new oceanic crust by volcanic activityTectonics of the South China Sea (3,154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
northeast area was in the seafloor spreading stage, rifting was ongoing in the southwestern part. Reconstruction of the seafloor spreading following rifting comesRift (2,533 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
converging rifts meet over a hotspot. Two of these evolve to the point of seafloor spreading, while the third ultimately fails, becoming an aulacogen. Most riftsRed Sea Rift (917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rift motion was seen in the lower/middle Eocene, followed by major seafloor spreading in the late Eocene and early Oligocene. This was followed by a periodKerguelen hotspot (2,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
igneous provinces and seamounts the hotspot has interacted with other seafloor spreading features, so this volume figure has some uncertainty. The most recentAden Ridge (831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Extension eventually gave way to seafloor spreading, first initiated near the Owen transform fault ~18 Ma ago. Seafloor spreading then propagated as far westTanya Atwater (1,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
volcano-tectonic processes responsible for creating new oceanic crust at seafloor spreading centers. In 1968, she co-authored a research paper featuring groundbreakingBruce Spur (333 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
off together with the two knolls. This rifting ended with onset of seafloor spreading between Australia and Antarctica around 83 Ma. Notes Whittaker etAgulhas Basin (1,182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Retrieved 10 July 2015. LaBrecque, J. L.; Hayes, D. E. (1979). "Seafloor spreading history of the Agulhas Basin". Earth and Planetary Science LettersPrince Edward fracture zone (345 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The PEFZ is located west of Prince Edward Islands. The history of seafloor spreading between Africa and Antarctica since the breakup of Gondwana can beLawrence Alexander Hardie (2,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
seawater chemistry. In the latter, he proposed that changes in the seafloor spreading rates at mid-ocean ridges have altered the composition of seawaterGalápagos triple junction (876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
like volcanic arc systems, and divergent plates cause trenches and seafloor spreading patterns and both are secondary formations[clarification needed] dueNorth Galapagos microplate (138 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
"Columbia University Researchers Find Key to the Formation of New Seafloor Spreading Centers". December 3, 2002. Retrieved October 6, 2010. "GalapagosScotia plate (2,971 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
During the Oligocene (34–23 Ma) South Georgia was reburied again as seafloor spreading took place in the West Scotia Sea. 10 Ma, finally, the South GeorgiaMacquarie fault zone (3,160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
formally thought to be the late Miocene. However this cessation of seafloor spreading generally propagated from south at 25.9 million years ago to northPartial melting (1,854 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
certain settings, such as rift zones in continents, back-arc basins, seafloor spreading zones and intraplate hotspots. Plate tectonics and mantle convectionHavre Trough (1,817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tectonic feature, as the Lau Basin which currently contains active seafloor spreading centers. Its eastern margin is defined by the Kermadec Ridge createdGonâve microplate (787 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a pull-apart basin, which continued to extend until the onset of seafloor spreading, creating the Cayman spreading centre. Further movement on this faultVolcanic passive margin (1,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the transitional crust and the accumulation of sediments. Continued seafloor spreading leads to the formation of oceanic crust of normal thickness. OverIzu–Bonin–Mariana arc (6,101 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rifting but began to build again as a distinct magmatic system once seafloor spreading began. Arc volcanism, especially explosive volcanism, waned duringNewfoundland Ridge (289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Barremian–Aptian (Tucholke and Ludwig, 1982). Open arrows = earliest proposed seafloor spreading, solid arrows = estimates for latest initiation of spreading. (SouthernZealandia (2,932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
After 85 million years ago Zealandia separated from Australia through seafloor spreading of the Coral and Tasman seas until this ceased 52 million years agoPitman fracture zone (90 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
III, a geophysicist and pioneer in studies of continental drift and seafloor spreading. Name proposed by Drs. Cande, Haxby and Raymond, Lamont–Doherty GeologicalGulf of Mexico basin (1,725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
an ocean-continent transform boundary, and a magmatic plume fueled seafloor spreading center active contemporaneously in regards to geologic time. The transformBasement (geology) (1,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(2020). "A global data set of present-day oceanic crustal age and seafloor spreading parameters". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 21 (10): e2020GC009214Eustatic sea level (748 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Changes in the size of the ocean basin, for instance, by tectonic seafloor spreading or by sedimentation. These slow processes can cause the total volumeRiiser-Larsen Sea (970 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
centered on southern Africa. Rifting then spread towards Antarctica and seafloor spreading opened what is now the Mozambique Basin, Riiser-Larsen Sea, West SomaliSouth American–Antarctic Ridge (1,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
L.; Eagles, G. (2014). "Constraining South Atlantic growth with seafloor spreading data" (PDF). Tectonics. 33 (9): 1848–1873. Bibcode:2014Tecto..33.1848PCeylonite (620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
6, 717-724. Desa, M., Ramana, M.V., Ramprasad, T., 30 June 2006, Seafloor spreading magnetic anomalies south off Sri Lanka, Marine Geology, 229, 34, 227-240Juan de Fuca Ridge (1,388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
emplacement leads to eruptions and hydrothermal plume release during seafloor spreading events". Geology. 35 (7): 579–582. Bibcode:2007Geo....35..579D. doi:10Maria Seton (1,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reconstructions and mantle convection models for significant fluctuations in seafloor spreading. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 383, 92–100. Bower, D., GurnisZuñi sequence (326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mantle to the base of the lithosphere, fueling a dramatic increase in seafloor spreading rates; this caused the hotter mid-ocean ridges to increase in volumeNortheast Georgia Rise (1,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
America, and Africa. This volcanism lasted until 94 Ma after which seafloor spreading detached the Northeast Georgia Rise and Maude Rise from the AgulhasGlobal Ocean Ship-based Hydrographic Investigations Program (927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Mid Atlantic Ridge. In 1960, Harry Hammond Hess developed the seafloor spreading theory by ocean exploration.Deep Sea Drilling Project started in 1968Scotia Arc (926 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
spreading centre of the separation between South America and Antarctica. Seafloor spreading in the West Scotia Sea continued until 6.6-5.9 Ma. The oldest volcanicKerguelen Plateau (2,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
proc.sr.183.008.2002. Müller, R. D.; Gaina, C.; Clark, S. (2000). "Seafloor spreading around Australia". Billion-year earth history of Australia and neighboursShallow water marine environment (1,223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
inhibition. Changes in the Mg/Ca ratio over geologic time, influenced by seafloor spreading and tectonic plate movement, have also increased aragonite abundanceMarine sediment (12,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of sediment for every 1000 km distance from the ridge axis. With a seafloor spreading rate of about 20–40 km/million years, this represents a sediment accumulationCampos Basin (1,604 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
years ago and reached the Santos Basin to the north in the Barremian. Seafloor spreading continued northwards to the Campos Basin in the Early Albian, at approximatelyBasin and Range Province (2,296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
years ago), much of the Farallon plate had been consumed, and the seafloor spreading ridge that separated the Farallon plate from the Pacific plate (Pacific-FarallonCayman Trough (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Report: WHOI-83-34. Ten Brink, Uri S., et al., 2001, Asymmetric seafloor spreading: crustal thickness variations and transitional crust in Cayman TroughUpper mantle body (475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Yongjun; Schenke, Hans Werner (1 October 2011). "Oblique nonvolcanic seafloor spreading in Lena Trough, Arctic Ocean". Geochemistry, Geophysics, GeosystemsHarmon Craig (3,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
submarine hydrothermal vents by measuring helium 3 and radon emitted from seafloor spreading centers. He made 17 dives to the bottom of the ocean in the ALVINMount Arafat (875 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
addition, the study reported that rifting, magmatism, volcanism and seafloor spreading that resulted in the formation of Red Sea seems to have altered theLachlan Fold Belt (1,830 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
measurements. About 84 million years ago The Tasman Sea started to form by seafloor spreading. This split off a segment of the coast to form the Lord Howe RiseAgulhas Plateau (1,786 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
over the Bouvet hotspot. About 94 Ma the main eruption ended and seafloor spreading detached the NEGR and MR from the AP. Before this separation the AP-NEGR-MRShield volcano (4,313 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
December 2013. Sanger, W.; et al. (2019). "Oceanic plateau formation by seafloor spreading implied by Tamu Massif magnetic anomalies". Nature Geoscience. 12Tarfaya Basin (2,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accommodation space was subsidence rates of 150 mm/year that resulted from seafloor spreading. Through the Jurassic, the Atlantic margin along the coast of MoroccoList of World Heritage Sites in Cyprus (820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
close to the Malounta Bridge. It provides an excellent example of how seafloor spreading takes place with dyke swarms showing dyke-indyke intrusion betweenAgulhas Bank (7,135 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
resulting in a continuous eruption that lasted to about 94 Mya and the seafloor spreading that still separates Antarctica, Africa, and South America. The Agulhas-FalklandTectonics of Mars (2,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
have interpreted as a sequence of reversals and a process akin to seafloor spreading. The stripes are ten times wider than those found on Earth, indicatingGulf of Suez Rift (2,177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
break-up occurred along the whole length of the Red Sea rift with seafloor spreading beginning in the Late Miocene. This break-up was associated with aSoutheast Indian Ridge (2,573 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Eberle, M.; Hung, S. H.; Johnson, K.; Graham, D. W. (2000). "Anomalous seafloor spreading of the Southeast Indian Ridge near the Amsterdam-St. Paul plateau"Owen fracture zone (1,144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and southern branch that both flow parallel to the Carlsberg Ridge. Seafloor spreading in the Sheba ridge began c. 20 Ma. Subduction in the Makran TrenchIntegrated Ocean Drilling Program (1,869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
step in verifying the hypothesis of plate tectonics associated with seafloor spreading, by dating basal sediments on transects away from the Mid-AtlanticCarmen Gaina (1,037 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Brown, B.; Ishihara, T. and S. Ivanov (2007). "Breakup and early seafloor spreading between India and Antarctica". Geophysical Journal International.Plate theory (volcanism) (5,859 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, both of which have progressed to the seafloor spreading stage. Likewise, the Mid-American Rift constitutes two arms of a tripleAngola Basin (2,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
phase of rifting led to the breakup of the lithosphere, initiated seafloor spreading that still acts today, and resulted in the development of oceanicMaya Region (3,754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Gulf of Mexico seafloor spreading starts inc. exposed northern Lowlands; cf 144 144 Mya Early Cretaceous Caribbean Sea seafloor spreading starts cf 120Timeline of the development of tectonophysics (before 1954) (9,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
substantiates the opposite alternative: passive continents and an active seafloor spreading and subduction, with accretion belts on the edges of the continentsArie Poldervaart (1,105 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
2012). The Continental Drift Controversy: Volume 3, Introduction of Seafloor Spreading. Cambridge University Press. p. 318. ISBN 978-1-107-37733-2. WilcoxScandinavian Caledonides (2,081 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ISSN 0022-1376. S2CID 59043758. Svenningsen, O (2001). "Onset of seafloor spreading in the Iapetus Ocean at 608 Ma: precise age of the Sarek Dyke SwarmHenry Robert Frankel (824 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Paleomagnetic Support for Shifting Continents; Volume 3: Initiation of Seafloor Spreading; and Volume 4: Evolution into Plate Tectonics), published in 2012Geology of Australia (3,577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
through the Cretaceous, with offshore development of a mid ocean ridge seafloor spreading centre. Tasmania was rifted off during this stage. Cretaceous volcanismLynne Frostick (1,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was not being taught. So, to explain the geological phenomenon of seafloor spreading, she was instead taught about eugeosynclines and miogeosynclines.NOAAS Surveyor (1,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Endeavor Ridge, a seamount that apparently has been split in half by seafloor spreading. On 6 March 1980, while Surveyor was tied to a pier in San FranciscoAnoxic event (5,022 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(February 2001). "Seawater strontium isotopes, oceanic anoxic events, and seafloor spreading" (PDF). American Journal of Science. Archived from the original (PDF)History of geophysics (3,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
found in 1954 by the Arctic Institute of the USSR. The theory of seafloor spreading was developed in 1960 by Harry Hammond Hess. The Ocean Drilling ProgramNam Con Son Basin (1,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
during early Miocene. Continental breakup occurred shortly after seafloor spreading in the Nam Con Son Basin resulted in a second SW extension phase atCynthia Ebinger (1,387 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
For fundamental work on the evolution of continental rifts toward seafloor spreading in East Africa and afar. Ebinger, C. J.; Sleep, N. H. (1998). "CenozoicMacquarie triple junction (2,127 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Scheirer; Donald W. Forsyth; James A. Conder (2000). "Anomalous Seafloor Spreading of the Southeast Indian Ridge near the Amsterdam-St. Paul Plateau"Upsweep (709 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in all of the Earth's major ocean basins. These are also known as seafloor spreading centers, where the SOSUS program was established by the NOAA to monitorPearl River Mouth basin (1,437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Tapponnier, Paul (1993). "Updated interpretation of magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading stages in the south China Sea: Implications for the Tertiary tectonicsExmouth Plateau (2,054 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
break up at the southern margin of the Exmouth Plateau. This followed seafloor spreading at the Gascoyne and Cuvier Abyssal Plains and erosion at the surfaceIron–sulfur world hypothesis (4,543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
life forms may have evolved inside alkaline hydrothermal vents at seafloor spreading zones in the deep sea. These structures consist of microscale cavernsDietmar Müller (1,720 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1–19. Müller, R.D., Roest, W.R., and Royer, J.-Y., 1998, Asymmetric seafloor spreading caused by ridge-plume interactions, Nature, 396, 455–459. Müller,Large igneous province (4,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
intrusive rock, and originated via processes other than 'normal' seafloor spreading." That original definition included continental flood basalts, oceanicGondwana (7,968 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Separation between Australia and East Antarctica began c. 132 Ma with seafloor spreading occurring c. 96 Ma. A shallow seaway developed over the South TasmanCretaceous (10,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from the early Albian until the early Campanian. Faster rates of seafloor spreading and entry of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere are believed to haveKenneth C. Macdonald (2,263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
volcanic rocks of the deep seafloor, an important aspect of proving seafloor spreading and plate tectonics. Macdonald led expeditions which mapped the VemaMaya Block (5,113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of Mexico seafloor spreading starts incl exposed northern Yucatán Peninsula; cf 144 144 Ma Early Cretaceous Caribbean Sea seafloor spreading starts cfDorothy Jung Echols (1,876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used for testing and confirming theories such as plate tectonics and seafloor spreading. They revealed the age and distribution of oceanic crust and providedBeebe Hydrothermal Vent Field (2,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre". Nature Communications. 3 (1): 620. Bibcode:2012NatCo...3Geology of Myanmar (4,586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
it is connected to the active Andaman spreading rift. The onset of seafloor spreading on the Andaman rift puts a minimum 4.5 Ma age constraint on the SagaingVon Damm Vent Field (1,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Hydrothermal vent fields and chemosynthetic biota on the world's deepest seafloor spreading centre". Nature Communications. 3 (1): 620–. doi:10.1038/ncomms1636Antarctica (16,111 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ishihara, Takemi; Ivanov, Sergey (July 2007). "Breakup and early seafloor spreading between India and Antarctica". Geophysical Journal International.Laura Crispini (2,244 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
206: An In Situ Section of Upper Oceanic Crust Created by Superfast Seafloor Spreading". mlp.ldeo.columbia.edu. "Ocean Drilling Program: Leg 206 PreliminaryDanakil microplate (749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Colin W.; Brandsdóttir, Bryndís (2021-04-23). "13 million years of seafloor spreading throughout the Red Sea Basin". Nature Communications. 12 (1): 2427Mediterranean Sea (15,250 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
However, since the late 20th century, research using the theory of seafloor spreading has indicated that most of the current Mediterranean seafloor is notPelotas Basin (2,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ago, and reached the Santos Basin to the north in the Barremian. Seafloor spreading continued northwards to the Campos Basin in the Early Albian, at approximatelyGeology of Zealandia (1,314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
After 85 million years ago Zealandia separated from Australia through seafloor spreading of the Coral and Tasman seas until this ceased 52 million years agoGalápagos spreading centre (1,080 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
D.; Latypova, E.; Afshar, S.; Curry, S. (2020). "The Evolution of Seafloor Spreading Behind the Tip of the Westward Propagating Cocos-Nazca Spreading Center"Kenn Reef (3,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as a sliver of continental crust, resulting from the rifting and seafloor spreading that occurred between 95 and 52 million years ago, along the easternEmily Klein (2,550 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Schouten; Ross Parnell‐Turner; et al. (June 2020). "The Evolution of Seafloor Spreading Behind the Tip of the Westward Propagating Cocos‐Nazca Spreading Center"Santos Basin (4,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
years ago and reached the Santos Basin to the north in the Barremian. Seafloor spreading continued northwards to the Campos Basin in the Early Albian, at approximatelyMariana mud volcanoes (1,687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A.P. (2019). "Forearc ages reveal extensive short-lived and rapid seafloor spreading following subduction initiation". Earth and Planetary Science LettersList of oceanographic institutions and programs (5,076 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Program. InterRidge, an international research collaboration on oceanic seafloor spreading zones. Mediterranean Science Commission, (CIESM) North Pacific MarineIntraplate volcanism (11,937 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, both of which have progressed to the seafloor spreading stage. Likewise, the Mid-American Rift constitutes two arms of a tripleSarek National Park (7,794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
doi:10.2307/521393, JSTOR 521393 Svenningsen, O.M. (2001), "Onset of seafloor spreading in the Iapetus Ocean at 608 Ma: precise age of the Sarek Dyke SwarmLau–Colville Ridge (1,370 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
partially dismembered the Lau Ridge. To the south it is now thought seafloor spreading at the Havre Trough started about 5.5–5.0 million years ago in responseDeep sea mining (16,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(392 °F) Submarine seamount provinces are linked to hotspots and seafloor spreading and vary in depth. They show characteristic distributions. In theMichael R. Rampino (3,866 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Caldeira at the Carnegie Institution, he explored the relationships of seafloor-spreading rates, atmospheric CO2 and climate in the very warm mid-CretaceousAntarctic land bridge (1,836 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gradually separate starting from 50 million years ago. Continued seafloor spreading along the Scotia Ridge eventually separated both continents by 28Geological deformation of Iceland (4,881 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which propagated to the southwest. Until 2 million years ago, the seafloor spreading around Iceland was accommodated by this rift zone, an ill-definedList of Dutch inventions and innovations (17,635 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
continental drift. During the 1960s geophysical and geological evidence for seafloor spreading at mid-oceanic ridges established continental drift as the standardMiddle Eocene Climatic Optimum (4,922 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
metamorphic carbon release is poorly resolved. Enhanced rates of seafloor spreading and metamorphic decarbonation reactions around the region betweenGeology and geomorphology of Kahurangi National Park (8,223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
process stretched and thinned the crust from below. With the onset of seafloor spreading between Southern Zealandia and West Antarctica, and in the southern